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Speaker 1: The Friday edition of the Fifth Hour with Ben Maller

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Speaker 1: Happy April Fool's Day. So exciting. Here we are together

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Speaker 1: At the time, Malone was still playing for the Utah

423
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Speaker 1: Jazz and it was only supposed to be like a

424
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Speaker 1: temporary type thing, and Victor break that thing lasted a

425
00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:16,720
Speaker 1: long time, the Carl Malone show. And you you were

426
00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:20,879
Speaker 1: right alongside setting the Mailman up. What do you remember

427
00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:22,920
Speaker 1: about that? What was your favorite part of that show?

428
00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:28,600
Speaker 1: The greatest part and thank you for love for the

429
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Speaker 1: Mailman carm alone was it was was called honestly because

430
00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:36,719
Speaker 1: he knew from the beginning. I definitely had some serious

431
00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:42,560
Speaker 1: attitude towards him because of his uh archaic uh attitude

432
00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:45,960
Speaker 1: towards Magic Johnson, of course, and and the whole age

433
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:49,240
Speaker 1: controversy when he when he came out looking, you know,

434
00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:54,200
Speaker 1: so ridiculous and sheltered, and I held it against call

435
00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:57,639
Speaker 1: can not be you know, more open, you know, to

436
00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:00,720
Speaker 1: the situation. But he gets did He just didn't have

437
00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:05,840
Speaker 1: the knowledge, uh as a lot of people didn't. But obviously,

438
00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:09,320
Speaker 1: after spending so many great sessions to call and talking

439
00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:12,600
Speaker 1: to him, I realized he's really a great, a great

440
00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:16,440
Speaker 1: soul who just didn't lack knowledge, and I tried to

441
00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:20,040
Speaker 1: enlighten him give him a knowledge and he you know,

442
00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:23,480
Speaker 1: he broughtened his spectrum and I was surprised, you know

443
00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:27,919
Speaker 1: at his amazing array a subject matter that you know,

444
00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:31,600
Speaker 1: he could speak so beautifully on, you know, from from

445
00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:36,000
Speaker 1: you know, flying airplane, uh, to chopping wood, you know,

446
00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:40,040
Speaker 1: to his trucking empire. Uh. You know, we we we

447
00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:42,720
Speaker 1: didn't talk much to It was mostly about life. Calm

448
00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:45,800
Speaker 1: Alone on life, and he was sensational. You know, we

449
00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:49,800
Speaker 1: talked about a zen are we're talking about We were

450
00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:55,000
Speaker 1: talking about in a life, philosophy and family and gun

451
00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:59,399
Speaker 1: control and you know flying the airplane. Always wanted to

452
00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:03,200
Speaker 1: be you know, uh in the aeronautics industry. And his

453
00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:07,320
Speaker 1: amazing uh you know, business acumen. And of course you

454
00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:09,680
Speaker 1: know food, you know what he'd had to lunch that day,

455
00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:15,600
Speaker 1: what he was the menu? It was up fascinating And

456
00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:17,399
Speaker 1: of course you know I grew up to you know,

457
00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:22,760
Speaker 1: to up Calm Alone, a good friend of mine. It

458
00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:26,320
Speaker 1: was really an open spirit and uh, I really I

459
00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:29,359
Speaker 1: cherished those days with the mail man. Yeah, that was

460
00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:32,320
Speaker 1: a fun, crazy time we had. The Malone came in,

461
00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:35,679
Speaker 1: Terry Bradshaw came in shortly after that. It was a

462
00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:38,160
Speaker 1: wild time. At that station. But I gotta I gotta

463
00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:41,160
Speaker 1: go back to around that time. I think it was

464
00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:44,680
Speaker 1: the year two thousand, Dick, one of my other favorite

465
00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:49,800
Speaker 1: Victor Bricks stories. The Lakers were playing the Indiana Pacers

466
00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:53,680
Speaker 1: in the NBA Finals, So whatever year that was, and

467
00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:57,840
Speaker 1: I was doing a show with Dave Smith out where

468
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Speaker 1: there's a store now at what used to be Staples Center,

469
00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:03,760
Speaker 1: and we were gonna do this post game after the Lakers,

470
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:05,960
Speaker 1: you know, gonna win the championship and all that, and

471
00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:09,680
Speaker 1: so we were gonna do the postgame thing. Well, they

472
00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:11,960
Speaker 1: had a bunch of fans that were watching the game

473
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Speaker 1: on the video board, and the Lakers won, and there

474
00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:18,680
Speaker 1: was civil unrest there were we were watching. This happened

475
00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:20,760
Speaker 1: right in front of us as we were preparing to

476
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Speaker 1: do the show, and uh, there was a fire that

477
00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:27,440
Speaker 1: was set. People were running around dancing. It turned out

478
00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:30,360
Speaker 1: to be a like a small riot in downtown l

479
00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:33,760
Speaker 1: A after the Lakers had won. And I remember, Vic,

480
00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:39,200
Speaker 1: we sent you out in the Mayhem as our roving reporter,

481
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Speaker 1: and I will never forget the people loved you, but

482
00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:45,640
Speaker 1: we were concerned about you. But there were police everyone

483
00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:49,400
Speaker 1: right gear and all kinds. It was a lockdown situation

484
00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:52,920
Speaker 1: and you were strolling around VIC. Do you remember that

485
00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:55,240
Speaker 1: night in the middle of all the chaos that was

486
00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:59,600
Speaker 1: going on around that arena, there was a point of lake.

487
00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:03,360
Speaker 1: It was amazing, great course rows of emotions for everyone,

488
00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:08,000
Speaker 1: and I did. I roamed into the into the frame. Uh.

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Speaker 1: It was my heart was torn because I saw the

490
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Speaker 1: see of God being you know, being you know, split

491
00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:20,680
Speaker 1: when we all should have been under the umbrella of love.

492
00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:23,880
Speaker 1: But obviously it was an opportunity, you know for negative

493
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Speaker 1: energy to enter the situation. And I believe they had

494
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Speaker 1: set fire to a police car. And I went into

495
00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:33,720
Speaker 1: the fray and I saw about I would say, fifty

496
00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:41,040
Speaker 1: fifty to a hundred, uh, police and riot care just

497
00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:47,160
Speaker 1: standing there around the bonding police car. And I went

498
00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:50,640
Speaker 1: into that frame with the fans and was reporting what

499
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Speaker 1: was happening. That's you know, there was a you know,

500
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Speaker 1: a a section of the city that was out of control.

501
00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:02,080
Speaker 1: But you of of the fans were you know, we're

502
00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:04,880
Speaker 1: celebrating beautifully, but there was you know, there wasn't an

503
00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:08,440
Speaker 1: ugly percentage you know that had lost control. And obviously

504
00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:14,480
Speaker 1: we all lose, you know, with the optics when everyone sees,

505
00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:19,000
Speaker 1: you know, the the flames and the overturned vehicles and

506
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:22,360
Speaker 1: me and the broken window. So everyone loses when when

507
00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:24,880
Speaker 1: those optics are revealed, you know, to the world. But

508
00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:27,080
Speaker 1: being there, I knew it was just a very small

509
00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:32,400
Speaker 1: fraction you know of Los Angeles that had that had releases,

510
00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:35,120
Speaker 1: you know, this toxicity you know, on this beauty, on

511
00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:38,360
Speaker 1: this beautiful moment. And I reported it as I saw it,

512
00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:41,560
Speaker 1: and I know you were very concerned, but I was

513
00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:44,160
Speaker 1: safe at all times if fans had my back, But

514
00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:45,920
Speaker 1: I just wanted to, you know, report the truth what

515
00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:49,280
Speaker 1: was going on, you know, right in front of which

516
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Speaker 1: was then Staples centered the downtown Hoopoe which is now

517
00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:55,440
Speaker 1: you know Crypto dot Com. But at that time it

518
00:31:55,520 --> 00:32:00,240
Speaker 1: was since a very very razor's edge of motion, and

519
00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:03,440
Speaker 1: it was scary, no doubt. I was, you know, I was.

520
00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:07,440
Speaker 1: I was. I was in fear for the city. I

521
00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:10,200
Speaker 1: was never in fearful for for myself. I wasn't fearful

522
00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:12,560
Speaker 1: the for the city of losing it. But the people

523
00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:16,160
Speaker 1: came together and great patience for the l a p

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Speaker 1: D and the and the riot squad in their patients,

525
00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:25,080
Speaker 1: but they did not make any major MUVEs of of violence.

526
00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:29,360
Speaker 1: You know, they protected you know, the brunt out police car,

527
00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:32,640
Speaker 1: but they did not descend on the crowd and they

528
00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:36,120
Speaker 1: let the crowd you know, break up and you know, peaceably.

529
00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:38,320
Speaker 1: So I'm not saying it was handled, you know, with

530
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Speaker 1: incredible skill, incredible skill, but it was scary, and I

531
00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:49,520
Speaker 1: know you guys were inside I would I'm I'm reporting

532
00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:52,400
Speaker 1: it as best I can. And there's some very hot

533
00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:57,360
Speaker 1: start conditions. But let's face it, Uh, this this is

534
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Speaker 1: what we do. We have to spread the truth and

535
00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:04,280
Speaker 1: tell the people what's going on. And that's that. That

536
00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:10,080
Speaker 1: was that was vital and to be that people are yeah, no,

537
00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:13,280
Speaker 1: and we were there. We had a glass window in

538
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Speaker 1: front of us, and we had the window to the

539
00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:17,120
Speaker 1: where we we could only see what was going on

540
00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:19,360
Speaker 1: right on the street in front of the arena as

541
00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:22,440
Speaker 1: they were dancing around a bonfire. And I remember walking

542
00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:25,520
Speaker 1: back to my car that night, Vic and it was

543
00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:27,760
Speaker 1: the police car that was burned out. There was a

544
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Speaker 1: TV news van from Channel two in l A that

545
00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:34,560
Speaker 1: also got burned up in that and the smell of that, well,

546
00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:38,320
Speaker 1: it was crazy. But the fans just loved you and

547
00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:40,360
Speaker 1: and all that. Now moving on, you don't have too

548
00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:42,160
Speaker 1: much time, so I wanted to get to this. Now.

549
00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:46,640
Speaker 1: You have been beloved by the athletes in l A

550
00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:48,720
Speaker 1: and I was trying to think, is there a top

551
00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:51,320
Speaker 1: five list of athletes over the years, VIC that have

552
00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:54,200
Speaker 1: really bonded with the pont Choke. I can think of

553
00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:57,360
Speaker 1: two off the top of my head. The Lake, Kobe Bryant.

554
00:33:57,720 --> 00:34:00,440
Speaker 1: You had a good relationship with Kobe and and Yasi

555
00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:05,400
Speaker 1: from the Dodgers. Who else would be on that shortlist? VIC?

556
00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:09,160
Speaker 1: Of guys that really got you and you connected with

557
00:34:10,160 --> 00:34:16,200
Speaker 1: Kobe Bryant got among men is of course my all

558
00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:21,600
Speaker 1: time blots that brother. He is a spirit that will

559
00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:25,480
Speaker 1: live on eternally. That's just hear less hands listened around

560
00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:29,000
Speaker 1: the world, and I love that man. I missed that

561
00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:32,840
Speaker 1: man so much. We all do bless Code, Bless Code,

562
00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:38,840
Speaker 1: and bless Vanessa and the girls. He connected and always

563
00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:42,080
Speaker 1: had my back. I just saw a recent post where

564
00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:45,680
Speaker 1: Steve Nash was a member of the Phoenix Suns and

565
00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:50,640
Speaker 1: we're doing they'll play the Lakers during a polities And

566
00:34:51,680 --> 00:34:57,319
Speaker 1: I also really no question to Nis said Steve, do

567
00:34:57,400 --> 00:34:59,520
Speaker 1: you expect so much production from the Laker boost tonight?

568
00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:01,800
Speaker 1: And I'm wearing my local punstre of course, and the

569
00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:04,480
Speaker 1: Laker and the Laker analyism, you know, the purple and

570
00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:09,440
Speaker 1: goals for Mike for and Nash he was he was funny.

571
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:12,920
Speaker 1: He says, do I detected New York sack accent? And

572
00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:17,360
Speaker 1: if so, why are you a Laker fan? And I said, Steve,

573
00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:21,000
Speaker 1: I'm locking the purple and gold and we're in this

574
00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:25,040
Speaker 1: town and it's a Laker town man and the Lakers

575
00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:28,840
Speaker 1: or the squad. And he said, I'm disappointed. And so

576
00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:32,920
Speaker 1: two days later, Colby's at the podium, same series and

577
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:36,680
Speaker 1: code are masking Cobe asking Kobe a question, and even

578
00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:39,239
Speaker 1: before I asked the question, Kobe says that I don't

579
00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:41,560
Speaker 1: know what Steve Nash is talking about, but I got

580
00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:43,879
Speaker 1: your back, man, I got your ball with So we're

581
00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:46,600
Speaker 1: wearing the Laker puntre. And this is before I even spoke,

582
00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:49,960
Speaker 1: and he said, Thanky Cobe, thanky man had my back.

583
00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:53,160
Speaker 1: We'll just grass here, said he. That's just the class

584
00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:56,600
Speaker 1: of Kobe Bryant, the incredible dignity and class of Kobe

585
00:35:56,600 --> 00:36:00,480
Speaker 1: being Bryant. We love him forever. Hold us connected with

586
00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:03,320
Speaker 1: the point show up. I have to say many Ramire's

587
00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:12,080
Speaker 1: love many Ramiro's. Of course, you see how queed right

588
00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:16,120
Speaker 1: now in the current the current Dodgers justin Turner at Summurai,

589
00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:20,359
Speaker 1: very very into the way of the poncho, the way

590
00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:23,840
Speaker 1: of the Summurai. Another Dodger, I would say, Dave Roberts

591
00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:28,600
Speaker 1: also very in tune with the poncho and the way

592
00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:31,439
Speaker 1: of the warrior. And bless the oars old to see her.

593
00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:34,239
Speaker 1: Freddy Freeman is gonna have an amazing game. And I'm

594
00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:36,680
Speaker 1: just I'm just you know, coming to see what an

595
00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:41,280
Speaker 1: altar curb current ball there. But Freddy Freeman swing. Wow,

596
00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:44,279
Speaker 1: I mean, this is this is we haven't had a

597
00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:47,640
Speaker 1: I can't think of a sweetest swing in a while.

598
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:52,279
Speaker 1: He makes in contact so it seems so simple. And

599
00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:54,560
Speaker 1: when he goes opposite field, I just love how he

600
00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:57,399
Speaker 1: inside outs, you know, I late just a single to left.

601
00:36:57,480 --> 00:36:59,880
Speaker 1: I just love that. It kind of reminds me. We know,

602
00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:01,799
Speaker 1: Bellinger was in the groove of a couple of years

603
00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:04,680
Speaker 1: ago in the NBP season, you know, when Billy was

604
00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:07,319
Speaker 1: such a zone. You know, the praise in that zone

605
00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:12,719
Speaker 1: like every attack, that's the listen, We're in the Goldilocks

606
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:14,640
Speaker 1: zone with the dodge. I mean we've been around for

607
00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:16,319
Speaker 1: a while. You've been around longer than I have. But

608
00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:19,239
Speaker 1: you remember the Dodgers back in the day, they'd go years,

609
00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:22,600
Speaker 1: or they'd be kind of mediocre, average teams. The last

610
00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:26,920
Speaker 1: ten years of Dodger baseball, they've become like the old Yankees.

611
00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:28,719
Speaker 1: They're in the playoffs or the Atlanta Bridge there in

612
00:37:28,719 --> 00:37:31,040
Speaker 1: the payoffs every year. It's a birth right now to

613
00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:32,920
Speaker 1: be in the playoffs for the Dodgers. There, you're almost

614
00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:36,239
Speaker 1: guarantee a joke. It's a joker knut. It's a joker nut.

615
00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:39,279
Speaker 1: And I don't I believe that Billy had one more

616
00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:45,160
Speaker 1: starting pitcher. What the one starting get total domination. The

617
00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:53,080
Speaker 1: starting lineup is really strong. Other other clubs improved, But

618
00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:58,320
Speaker 1: that's pretty Freeman into this. Commix just gives Day Roberts

619
00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:00,759
Speaker 1: so much mobility and freedom to X and match and

620
00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:06,239
Speaker 1: you know, get incredible setups. You know, left right, left, right,

621
00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:08,680
Speaker 1: left right. If there isn't an easy out, if you've

622
00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:11,480
Speaker 1: better grind through a lineup man and you got to

623
00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:14,160
Speaker 1: go through Freeman, and you're gonna go through beds, and

624
00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:16,799
Speaker 1: you're gonn to go through the turners, and then you

625
00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:18,919
Speaker 1: gotta go through monthly and then you know you gotta

626
00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:23,280
Speaker 1: go through Will Smith and then you know it's just wild,

627
00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:27,319
Speaker 1: you know, Chris Haylor, it's just you know, it's you know,

628
00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:30,399
Speaker 1: it's just a wild lineup. I just love it. So

629
00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:34,120
Speaker 1: it's just a tremendous thing to see. And I just

630
00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:36,040
Speaker 1: love seeing Clayton car shot. Pie was so all by

631
00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:38,960
Speaker 1: the way, if anyone for me, the revelation of the

632
00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:42,160
Speaker 1: spring has been Clayton show every day. The ball seems

633
00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:45,800
Speaker 1: to have a nice break, nice velocity. You know, it

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Speaker 1: and that's gonna be uh sensational. Oh yes, it's gonna

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Speaker 1: the guarantee, so let's play him out. That's have some

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Speaker 1: fun and enjoy the game. We got hoartball man, that's

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Speaker 1: the key. Yeah, we got some heartball man. We got

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Speaker 1: baseball's coming, baseball, real baseball coming. They got the baseball.

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Speaker 1: Ben next week, Vic, I gotta I gotta go out

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Speaker 1: and see at the ball park. I'm gonna hang out

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Speaker 1: and we gotta break bread. Me and you. I have

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Speaker 1: not seen you in too long. Vic. We're gonna break

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Speaker 1: bread at some point. That's in the near future. Mack.

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Speaker 1: We gotta make that happen. Gotta make that and more.

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Speaker 1: They're finding some health issuels. But you know, day by day,

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Speaker 1: day by day, Ben, how are you doing? I gotta

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Speaker 1: ask you, but I know you Mom momento, I saw

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Speaker 1: still the enemy. It's just amount of control. You know,

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Speaker 1: I'm just controlling it, you know. Day by day we

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Speaker 1: just you know, you know, I'm grinding to a very

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Speaker 1: tough at back. Alright, alright, whatever we can do a

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Speaker 1: top of that, and uh, let's stay. Every picture is

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Speaker 1: a blessing. Yeah, you're a Hall of Famer, Victo. You're

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Speaker 1: in the aren't you in the Southern California Jewish Sports

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Speaker 1: Hall of Fame? Right? I read that you're a few

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Speaker 1: years ago you how about that Hall of Famer Victor

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Speaker 1: brick in the Hall of Fame. Awesome, Save Hartin was

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Speaker 1: parting all right. Listen, Vick, I love you man, get

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Speaker 1: that health back. You keep fighting the fight and uh

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Speaker 1: and thank you for doing this. I appreciate it well.

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Speaker 1: Thank you. You've a wonderful show. Everyone listen to Ben

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Speaker 1: Malla man. It's a stake and sill. Ben. You are

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Speaker 1: a warrior as well. Your longevity and your your tape

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Speaker 1: and your content have been fantastic for decades. I always

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Speaker 1: love listening to you and hanging with you. You are

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Speaker 1: great vibe, loving you, Bella. You're the man. Vic, Thank

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